Local indie-rockers Antique Firearms release new album, “Vicious Behavior.” The band holds an album release show on Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Grey Eagle.
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Pearl and the Beard at Grey Eagle
Review and video from last Friday’s show.
“It sounded like a story that needed to be told”
Pearl and the Beard returns to Asheville this Friday, for a performance at The Grey Eagle. Here, they talk about knitting projects, fan gifts, the “lather, rinse, repeat” life of tour, and why they heart Perez Hilton.
Alejandro Escovedo returns to The Grey Eagle
It’s the second Asheville stop this year for the Austin, Tex.-based roots rocker. Fellow Austin duo The Ghost Wolves open the Tuesday, Oct. 16 show.
Rock ‘n’ roll ‘n’ breakfast
In advance of his Sunday, Oct. 7, show at The Grey Eagle, Americana singer-songwriter Jackie Greene talked to Xpress about playing with his heroes, working on his next album, and trying to dodge the video camera.
Rad Fest
The inaugural “radical in the best sense of the word” music festival, held in the River Arts District, is set for Saturday, Aug. 25. Photo of Reptar from theaudioperv.com.
File under ‘moms who rock’
Singer-songwriter Eleni Mandell’s new record is a concept album about becoming a single mom to twins. But don’t expect lullabies and Seussian rhymes: this is a cool collection of vintage tones, girl band vocals, and soulful flourishes. Mandell plays The Grey Eagle with Benji Hughes on Tuesday, July 24. Photo from Mandell’s Facebook page.
Sound Check: Erick Baker
Erick Baker headlines The Grey Eagle with Jill Andrews (of The Everybodyfields) this Saturday, June 30. The Knoxville-based musician talks to Xpress about his forthcoming album, why such a happy guy can write such anguished songs, and why he keeps coming back to Asheville. Click through for the video.
Truth & Salvage Co. is back! (Well, sort of)
The formerly-local musicians left Asheville for L.A., and now they’ve moved back to Nashville and are celebrating that and an upcoming album with a show at the Grey Eagle on Wednesday, June 14.
Show review: Alejandro Escovedo at the Grey Eagle
Touring in support of his new album, Big Station, the Texas-based singer-songwriter/Americana innovator serenaded Asheville with songs that ranged from country-punk to ‘60s rock.
Mount Moriah opens for Horse Feathers tonight
If you’re fuming over Amendment One and its constitutional discrimination against gays who want to marry (side effects pending), a serving of Mount Moriah’s heartbreaking folk-rock is just what the doctor ordered.
Common Ground Collective brings the Afro-beats
Catch the 15-piece orchestra’s Afrobeat grooves, funk-inspired horns, jazzy meanderings and infectious percussive lines at The Grey Eagle tonight.
Broadway’s to The Grey Eagle: Sharon Van Etten returns to greater fanfare
The last time Sharon Van Etten was in Asheville, the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter was on the cusp of indie stardom. For those already in the know, her intimate set at Broadway’s was a rare treat; but even those who stumbled in by accident could sense that something was special about the show. Tonight, Van Etten returns to the mountains, but now the cat’s out of the bag. The smoky-voiced singer will headline The Grey Eagle this time around.
Baker Family Band podcast
The indie-rockers (formerly based in Asheville) return to the Grey Eagle on Sunday, April 22. In advance of that show, Liz and Stuart Baker talk to Xpress about new EP, “When the Internet is Down.” Click through for audio and slideshow.
Hope For Agoldensummer returns to Asheville this week
The quirky/folky/brilliant Athens bands has played many Asheville venues in many configurations. They’ll be at Grey Eagle on Thursday with Midtown Dickens and Curtains. Here’s a review of Hope For Agoldensummer’s upcoming album, “Life Inside The Body.” Xpress will giveaway a pair of tickets to the show tomorrow on Facebook.
A fond farewell: Kovacs & the Polar Bear says goodbye to Chris Lee
Check out these photos from the band’s final performance with multi-instrumentalist Chris Lee.
Video: River Whyless “Unfound Door”
The local indie folk outfit celebrated the release of its latest effort, A Stone, A Leaf, An Unfound Door on March 2 at The Grey Eagle. Xpress was there to bring you this footage of the performance.
The life aquatic
Asheville’s Doc Aquatic has been hard at work on a next album. But you don’t have to wait for that to come out to see them live. You can hear them on the “New Weird Asheville” compilation (free download) and they open for The Hill and Wood at Grey Eagle on Thursday, March 8.
Whole lotta love at The Grey Eagle
69 Love Songs brings affection, rejection and all the joy and heartbreak in between. The performance is a start-to-finish recreation of The Magnetic Fields’ iconic, three-disc album of the same name, and will feature an eclectic mix of local performers that includes Kovacs and the Polar Bear, Electric Owls, Pilgrim and Holiday Childress.
Sound Track web extra: Langhorne Slim at the Grey Eagle (show review)
No one seemed more surprised than Langhorne Slim himself that his Jan. 21 show sold out. Hopefully that’s enough incentive for the thrash-folk musician to come back to Asheville soon.
You don’t mess around with Slim
Langhorne Slim returns to The Grey Eagle this Saturday. Here are all the reasons why you don’t want to miss this show. Photo by Kathryn Friedman.
